16.1.12

snail mail | stamp frenzy

today at the post office, the cashier put sticker postage on my first package. booooring. so i kindly asked if we could use real stamps for the second one which was going to france. well by golly - i think they've been holding out on me! look at all these great stamps below! i didn't even know there was such a thing as a 'five dollar' stamp, and i just about died when she pulled out the chubby walrus stamp.

it seems we are quite fond of our flora and fauna here in old ka-nada....

8 comments:

My goodness. I has never even dawned on me that we could get such lovely postage stamps here is Canada by simply asking for them at the post office. I LOVE to send snail mail and will now be doing it in style, like you do!

I wanted to put some nice stamps on our save the date cards, they told me they only had golf stamps and I was really disappointed- Golf is boring!! Eventually I managed to get out of them that they secretly had tropical reef fish stamps! Holding out on me, bigtime!

I used to collect stamps when I was younger, there was just something about them that I loved. I then found out my mum used to do it and I've now got her collection, and it is huge! But I won't use any of them because the sentimental value is through the roof, especially considering her current physical condition. But these days, if ever I receive a letter or a package with an actual stamp on it, instead of paid postage stickers, I'll cut it out and keep it. It's a habit I can't stop!

All of those stamps are amazing, but I find myself particularly drawn to the ladybird!

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kaitlyn patience is a creative professional with a passion for the arts, community engagement, and the contemporary craft movement. here you'll find modern art features, stationery and snail mail, and the musings of a new mother.